Steve, Like we said in the 1970's: "RIGHT ON !" The Truckers pay a major
premium road tax in most places.And here in Lakeland and Polk County
Florida, and in many other Florida counties we as voters elected and voted
for an additional one cent of sales tax. Now eight years later our roads are
in excellent repair, many have been up-graded, many four way stops are now
traffic signal controlled, Everyone uses the roads, everyone pays sales
tax, even tourists who are just passing thru pay a small part. In Orlando,
many highways ask for "Tolls" to pay for the road, Lakeland and Tampa each
have one toll road as a route to bypass downtown traffic, they work well,
(Tampa's is so successful a couple of years ago they added another layer on
top of the 4 lanes and put 2 lanes 15 feet above the existing road! So when
your politicians start talking about extra taxes for EV's, You tell them
everybody uses the roads so it should be a sales tax increase so everybody
pays a fair share. Now I'll climb down off this soapbox that Steve inspired
me to climb onto. "NEXT?" (Remember to keep relevant to equal treatment for
EV and don't go Political. That should go on a different forum.)
Regards,
*Dennis Lee Miles* (Director) *E.V.T.I. inc*.
*www.E-V-T-I-Inc.COM <http://www.e-v-t-i-inc.com/> *(Adviser)*
EVTI-EVAEducation Chapter
*
Phone (863) 944 - 9913
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premium road tax in most places.And here in Lakeland and Polk County
Florida, and in many other Florida counties we as voters elected and voted
for an additional one cent of sales tax. Now eight years later our roads are
in excellent repair, many have been up-graded, many four way stops are now
traffic signal controlled, Everyone uses the roads, everyone pays sales
tax, even tourists who are just passing thru pay a small part. In Orlando,
many highways ask for "Tolls" to pay for the road, Lakeland and Tampa each
have one toll road as a route to bypass downtown traffic, they work well,
(Tampa's is so successful a couple of years ago they added another layer on
top of the 4 lanes and put 2 lanes 15 feet above the existing road! So when
your politicians start talking about extra taxes for EV's, You tell them
everybody uses the roads so it should be a sales tax increase so everybody
pays a fair share. Now I'll climb down off this soapbox that Steve inspired
me to climb onto. "NEXT?" (Remember to keep relevant to equal treatment for
EV and don't go Political. That should go on a different forum.)
Regards,
*Dennis Lee Miles* (Director) *E.V.T.I. inc*.
*www.E-V-T-I-Inc.COM <http://www.e-v-t-i-inc.com/> *(Adviser)*
EVTI-EVAEducation Chapter
*
Phone (863) 944 - 9913
===========================================
Steve Clunn <[email protected]> wrote:
> Some how I was under the impression that by driving an EV I was saving
> the other non EV driving Americans money . They don't have to pay
> for defending my fuel , My fuel don't cause as much of a health
> problem , My "engine" doesn't drip oil that finds its way into the
> water. Maybe we should tax people who exercise as they won't be sick
> as much and there for not be contributing to our hospitals . How about
> a tax on any volunteers , anybody that dose anything for free, tax
> them. If they charged for there time they would be taxed , Just cause
> they Volunteer doesn't mean there time is worth less. How about a
> "good Samaritan tax" , you help an old lady broken down by the side
> of the road , She would have had to have a tow truck come , lot of tax
> money there lost . What about a tax on all those " home gardens " .
> People growing food in their back yard . Their garden is getting the
> same sun and rain as the farmers got and since the farmers gets taxed
> shouldn't the home gardener. Should we discourage people from moving
> in the right direction just because it may cost others that are moving
> in the wrong direction more money?. How about a tax on kids who play
> out side instead of watching TV , all that money lost cuzz they didn't
> see the TV ads they should have. Maybe to make the people paying gas
> tax feel better we could have a sticker on the pump saying " the
> dollar you just spent just cost us xx " I don't know the exact cost
> but I'll bet its pretty high. Its kind of like taxing trash pickers.
> The stuff doesn't go into the land fill , gets recycled so energy is
> not being used to make the thing . How would it look it you tried to
> pay tax on stuff you pulled out of the garbage . Yes if enough people
> lived off the garbage that others through out to make a difference in
> the income tax , then they would have to find a way , but right now
> going to the tax collector and saying , I want to pay sales tax on all
> this stuff in the bed of my truck that I picked up along side the road
> cuzz it ain't right me not paying some kind of tax is kind of like an
> EV driver saying I'd like to pay my share of the gas tax but as I
> don't use gas I don't know how. If you think people think EV drivers
> are strange now , they will when we hit them with that question.
>
> lets let the sleeping dog lie
> if we tax him for not barking he's libel to bite.
> Steve Clunn
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